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Grain Elevator No. 1

Detail, Elevator #1 (c. 1965); from Sam Stein, Montreal Harbour Grain Elevators. Montreal: McGill University. School of Architecture, 1965. Unpublished Student Paper.

Photograph of grain elevator no. 1 (ca. 1930); from Facts of Interest in Relation to the Montreal Harbour (Montreal, Montreal Harbour Commissioners, 1932) 19.

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Title:

Grain Elevator No. 1

Address:

Port de Montreal, facing rue McGill

Type of Building:

grain elevator

Building Materials:

steel; timber; concrete

Date Construction Began:

1901

Date Construction Completed:

1903

Date Demolished:

1983

Sources:

Archemi. Inventaire et évaluation des ressources culturelles Canal de Lachine. Montréal: Parcs Canada, 1995. .
Location: Centre de documentation. Parcs Canada- secteur de Lachine.
Visuals: exterior photo.

Chambers, Ernest J. The Book of Montreal: a Souvenir of Canada’s Commercial Metropolis. Montréal: Book of Montréal, 1903. : 87-88
Location: Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections. McGill University Library.

Charney, Melvin. “The Grain Elevators Revisited.” . Architectural Design 37:7, 1967: 328-331
Visuals: exterior photos.

Hausmann, Dani. “Grain Elevators.” Montréal: McGill University. School of Architecture, 1970. .
Visuals: exterior photo.
Note: Unpublished student paper.

Montreal Harbour Commissioners. Facts of Interest in Relation to the Montreal Harbour. Montréal: Montréal Harbour Commissioners, 1932. : 19
Visuals: exterior photo.

Source

Preferred Citation:

"Grain Elevator No. 1", Industrial Architecture of Montreal, McGill Libraries

Reference Link:

https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/industrial/items/in070.html

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